Office Information

The Plat Office works with the Public, Realtors, Appraisers, and Surveyors assisting with inquiries of all types that deal with real estate in Putnam County.

The Plat Office works with all offices that deal with real property in the County.

The Plat Office has Plat Books with aerial photography for the whole county. While the most up-to-date information can be found on the Putnam County GIS site, the Plat Books have information as to the prior owners back to the 1900’S time period. We have Plat Books from 1932, 1940, 1986 with photography, 1997 with photography. The new photography that was flown in 2005, 2013, 2018, 2022 and 2023 is available to be printed from the computer. The Plat Office performs all maintenance tasks on the Plat Books. The Plat Office also maintains and updates the GIS Site, including verifying legal descriptions in the transferring of deeds and draws in all parcel splits, as well as creating parcel number and property tax numbers for all new parcels in the county. 

Copies of the photography are available for sale. The average size map is 18” x 24” and costs $5.00. Smaller maps are available (8 ½ x 11 for $1.00). The Plat Office also has an over-sized copier/scanner that is capable of copying & scanning documents up to 36 inches wide in a .pdf or .tiff format.

All deeds that are recorded in the County start with the Recorder's Office to have the legal description verified before going to the Plat Office, Assessor’s Office, the Auditor’s Office and finally back to the Recorder’s Office for recording.

The Plat office also verifies all Classified Forest and Wildlife reserves that are referenced in the county’s computer system.

Plat Office is located on the 4th Floor Room 46. Office hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Plat Office closes 12 to 1 for lunch. Phone number is (765) 301-9108, Option 3. The Plat Office can be emailed at PlatOffice@co.putnam.in.us